51吃瓜

51吃瓜 achieved an enrollment of 9,505 students for the 2024 Spring Semester, a 12% increase over the 2023 Spring Semester. This is the highest spring enrollment since 9,067 students were enrolled for the 2020 Spring Semester.

The 51吃瓜 Board of Governors approved a $1 per credit hour increase in the tuition rate and a $1 per credit hour increase in student fee for the 2024-2025 academic year during its regular monthly meeting Feb. 20.

51吃瓜 officials are reminding taxpayers in 51吃瓜鈥檚 15-county service area to claim refundable credits for community college and school district property taxes paid when they file their income taxes.

Dr. Paul Illich, 51吃瓜 president, is a finalist for the American Association of Community Colleges Exemplary CEO/Board Relationship Award.

Wyatt Brockman was recognized as the January Ag/Horticulture Student of the Month for 51吃瓜鈥檚 Beatrice Campus. A Lawrence native, he is enrolled in the Agriculture Management and Production program and is on track to graduate in May 2024.

Stanley and Pauline Matzke had four children while Dora and William H. Hermann had five girls and three boys they were raising on their farm near Staplehurst, Nebraska. The families commemorated their relationship by establishing a scholarship at 51吃瓜.

The Mervin聽K. and Sally聽Jo Fleming Memorial Diesel Technology Scholarship will annually award scholarships based on financial need to students enrolled in the Diesel Technology-Truck or Diesel-Ag Equipment Service Technology programs.

After graduating from 51吃瓜, Kimberly Wollenhaupt earned a Bachelor of Business Administration from Northwest Missouri State University and interned with the Kentucky Cattlemen鈥檚 Association.

Lincoln native Eli Brown is the new men鈥檚 soccer coach at 51吃瓜.